Meaning of mentress | Babel Free

Examples

““Jane Addams had lived in that higher dreamland of the future, ahead of her country women, ahead even of those who assumed to be the mentress of her people, as does every noble soul that labors “to make the bounds of freedom wider yet.””

“[…]makes some comments about his mentress "Satura" which imply critical distinctions.[…]His Varronian satire is a philosophical dialogue, in the Socratic tradition of instruction; his mentress is "Satyra."[…]Philosophy, for instance, instead of being the mentress of the satirist, became a shadow cast only in the light of an understanding of the distortion of tradition that took place in the writings of the critics.”

““Grow up: I have this theory, hey, about why women don’t need mentors.” / “Mentresses …” / “Men-tors. Mentor was a person’s name. Can’t say … I don’t know …[…]”

““Did you have any female mentors?” she asks. / “Female what?” / “Like, teachers, or other woman painters you admired.” / “Shouldn’t that be mentresses?” I say nastily. “There weren’t any. My teacher was a man.””

“I also hope very much that they will find en route their own mentors and mentresses in their quest for peace, justice and equality between men and women around the globe.”

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